Last year, an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh killed two U.S. Steel workers and injured 11 ...

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The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss ...

"Black carbon," or soot, that spews from ships and makes the Artic Ocean ice melt even faster is an increasing concern in a region beset with many other issues.

At a Catholic health conference April 4-5 in Vacherie, La., Kimberly Terrell, a research scientist and director of community engagement at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic in New Orleans, said her ...

The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

China's sweeping efforts to clean up its air have delivered one of the biggest public health success stories of recent ...

When they arrived in Longboat Key this February, Carol Leone and her family were excited for two weeks of relaxation in the salty breeze. Within days, they started to cough. Soon, Leone’s voice ...

Environmental engineering combines scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment in order to protect human health, natural resources, and natural environments.

Fears of exposure to radiation from the Hunters Point Shipyard prompted the Department of Public Health to open the clinic.